Design Manager

AtkinsRéalis; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading infrastructure firm in the UK is looking for a Design Manager to oversee the delivery of large-scale infrastructure projects. The successful candidate will manage a team, ensure project objectives are met, and maintain client relationships. This role requires a Chartered Engineer/Architect with experience in construction and excellent leadership skills. Join a reputable company committed to engineering excellence and sustainability.

Benefits

Ranked among LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies

Named in Times Top 50 employers for women

Commitment to diversity and community support

Qualifications

• Experience managing design commissions on large infrastructure projects.
• Proven track record in construction projects with client relationship management.
• Familiar with NEC3/NEC4 construction contracts.

Responsibilities

• Deliver projects to agreed targets on programme, budget and quality.
• Lead the project team and ensure safety is prioritised.
• Manage communication and coordination with clients and subcontractors.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Communication skills

BIM knowledge

Education

Chartered Engineer/Architect or equivalent

Tools

3D modelling tools

Job description

Overview

The AtkinsRéalis Infrastructure Project Delivery Practice (PDP) is the centre of excellence for the delivery of infrastructure projects and combines project management and design management to provide a full suite of services to clients in the public and private sectors. The team is responsible for delivery of design services across markets including Water Infrastructure, Defence Infrastructure, Nuclear, Aviation, Energy, Rail (stations), and Urban Developments. We have an exciting vacancy within the Infrastructure PDP for a Design Manager to join our Epsom and South-East practice, based from the Epsom office. The Design Manager will be responsible for delivery of multi-disciplinary projects from concept through to construction, on our expanding portfolio of large and challenging projects across the Defence market.

Responsibilities

• The successful delivery of the project to agreed targets, e.g. programme, budget and quality.
• Identifying and agreeing project objectives with the Design Director and developing a strategy for achieving these.
• Identifying, escalating and managing any matters that could pose a potential contractual/commercial risk to Atkins to the Project Director (PD) at the earliest opportunity.
• Leading the project team - building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding and developing the team; including providing regular feedback to all team members.
• Ensure safety is prioritised throughout delivery.
• Facilitating communication, coordination and information flow with the Client and within the project team, including any subcontractors and partners.
• Assembling and owning the project delivery programme and delivery plans.
• Closing out the project on completion, updating market information, ensuring that lessons learnt are captured and disseminated internally and ensuring that a Client Satisfaction survey is initiated.

Qualifications

• Chartered Engineer/Architect or equivalent with experience managing design commissions on large infrastructure projects.
• Experience across a range of construction projects.
• Excellent interpersonal, organisational and communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to manage and motivate a team and demonstrate good leadership qualities.
• Understands and has experience in deploying various forms of construction contract, particularly NEC3/ NEC4.
• Experienced at preparing Scope Definition papers, Project Execution Plans, Risk Registers, Change Control Logs and Client & Stakeholder Management plans.
• Experience of managing design projects to time, cost and quality objectives and familiar with programming and earned value techniques.
• Familiar with BIM and has an understanding of 3D modelling tools for design and coordination purposes and the associated information attributes that can be assigned and managed within the Model.
• Customer focused with excellent client relationship management skills.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

We are ranked as one of LinkedIn's Top 25 Companies, where UK professionals want to work and stay once they join. We have also been named in the Times Top 50 employers for women. Our Infrastructure team uses innovation, new approaches and the power of data to help our clients deliver end-to-end projects and programmes for essential future infrastructure. As work becomes more complex, our employees challenge the status quo. We are committed to engineering better for people and our planet, from our global Engineering Net-Zero programme to creating social value through EDAROTH community housing. We are proud of our active employee networks creating awareness and allyship for under-represented groups. We support communities outside AtkinsRéalis, including schools, charities, ex-forces and professionals returning after career breaks. At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives and believe talent is strengthened by these differences.